| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Amanda Beard |  USA | 2:23.37 | 3. 1. | | 2. Leisel Jones |  AUS | 2:23.60 | 1. 6. | | 3. Anne Poleska |  GER | 2:25.82 | 2. 4. | | 4. Masami Tanaka |  JPN | 2:25.87 | 5. 2. | | 5. Ágnes Kovács |  HUN | 2:26.12 | 4. 5. | | 6. Qi Hui |  CHN | 2:26.35 | 10.7. | | 7. Mirna Jukic |  AUT | 2:26.36 | 9. 8. | | 8. Brooke Hanson | AUS | 2:26.39 | 6. 3. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brooke Hanson | AUS | 2:26.43 | 3. | | 2. Anne Poleska | GER | 2:26.59 | 4. | | 3. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 2:26.63 | 5. | | 4. Qi Hui | CHN | 2:26.75 | 7. | | 5. Caroline Bruce | USA | 2:27.60 | 9. | | 6. Yelena Bogomazova |  RUS | 2:30.35 | 12. | | 7. Lauren Van Oosten |  CAN | 2:30.39 | 13. | | 8. Chiara Boggiatto |  ITA | 2:30.76 | 14. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Amanda Beard | USA | 2:25.62 | 1. | | 2. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 2:26.38 | 2. | | 3. Leisel Jones | AUS | 2:26.71 | 6. | | 4. Mirna Jukic | AUT | 2:26.95 | 8. | | 5. Kirsty Balfour |  GBR | 2:28.92 | 10. | | 6. Birte Steven | GER | 2:29.22 | 11. | | 7. Marina Kuč |  YUG | 2:31.77 | 15. | | -. Inna Kapishina |  BLR | | |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Amanda Beard | USA | 2:26.61 | 3. | | 2. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 2:26.90 | 4. | | 3. Caroline Bruce | USA | 2:27.82 | 8. | | 4. Qi Hui | CHN | 2:28.66 | 10. | | 5. Yelena Bogomazova | RUS | 2:31.49 | 16. | | 6. Siow Yi Ting |  MAS | 2:33.79 | 21. | | 7. Lee Ji-Yeong |  KOR | 2:34.55 | 24. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Leisel Jones | AUS | 2:26.02 | 1. | | 2. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 2:26.91 | 5. | | 3. Brooke Hanson | AUS | 2:27.38 | 6. | | 4. Kirsty Balfour | GBR | 2:29.78 | 11. | | 5. Lauren Van Oosten | CAN | 2:30.44 | 14. | | 6. Inna Kapishina | BLR | 2:31.26 | 15. | | 7. Smiljana Marinović |  CRO | 2:32.52 | 17. | | 8. Alenka Kejžar |  SLO | 2:32.64 | 18. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anne Poleska | GER | 2:26.48 | 2. | | 2. Birte Steven | GER | 2:27.42 | 7. | | 3. Mirna Jukic | AUT | 2:28.28 | 9. | | 4. Chiara Boggiatto | ITA | 2:30.32 | 12. | | 5. Diana Gomes |  POR | 2:34.23 | 23. | | 6. Iryna Maistruk |  UKR | 2:37.42 | 29. | | 7. Athina Tzavella |  GRE | 2:40.18 | 31. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marina Kuč | YUG | 2:30.39 | 13. | | 2. Dikmen İlkay |  TUR | 2:32.69 | 19. | | 3. Majken Thorup Toft |  DEN | 2:35.29 | 25. | | 4. Agustina De Giovanni |  ARG | 2:35.94 | 26. | | 5. Adriana Marmolejo |  MEX | 2:36.10 | 27. | | 6. Imaday Núñez |  CUB | 2:36.40 | 28. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jaclyn Pangilinan |  PHI | 2:33.38 | 20. | | 2. Eeva SARinen |  FIN | 2:34.17 | 22. | | 3. Nic Teo |  SIN | 2:38.17 | 30. |
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